¶ And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel.

And he said unto them, I am an¹ hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more² go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt not³ go over this Jordan.

The LORD thy God⁴, he will go over before thee, and he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: and Joshua⁵, he shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath said.

⁷And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed.

And the LORD⁹ shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them according¹⁰ unto all the commandments which I have commanded you.

Be strong¹¹ and of a good courage, fear not,¹² nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail¹³ thee, nor forsake thee.

And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong¹⁴ and of a good courage: for thou must¹⁵ go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.

And the LORD, he it is that¹⁶ doth go before thee; he will be¹⁷ with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.

¶ And Moses¹⁸ wrote this law, and delivered¹⁹ it unto the priests²⁰ the sons of Levi, which bare²¹ the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel.

¶²²And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,

When all Israel is come to appear²⁴ before the LORD thy God in the place²⁵ which he shall choose, thou²⁶ shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

Gather²⁷ the people together, men²⁸, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may²⁹ hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:

³⁰And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die³¹: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give³² him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented³⁴ themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.

And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt³⁶ sleep³⁷ with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a³⁸ whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me,³⁹ and break my⁴⁰ covenant which I have made with them.

Then my anger⁴¹ shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake⁴² them, and I will hide my face⁴³ from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these⁴⁵ evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?

⁴⁶And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.

Now therefore write ye this song⁴⁷ for you, and teach it⁴⁸ the children of Israel: put it in their⁴⁹ mouths, that this song may be a witness⁵⁰ for me against the children of Israel.

¶ For when⁵¹ I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth⁵² with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten⁵³ and filled themselves, and waxen fat⁵⁴; then⁵⁵ will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.

And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song⁵⁶ shall testify against⁵⁷ them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about⁵⁸, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.

¶⁵⁹Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.

And he gave Joshua⁶⁰ the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring⁶¹ the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.

And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words⁶² of this law in a book, until they were finished,

That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark⁶³ of the covenant of the LORD, saying,

Take this book of the law, and put it in the side⁶⁴ of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness⁶⁵ against thee.

For I know⁶⁶ thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck⁶⁷: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been⁶⁸ rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?

Gather unto me⁶⁹ all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven⁷⁰ and earth to record against them.

For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves,⁷¹ and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil⁷² will befall you in the latter days⁷³; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.

¶⁷⁴And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.